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that means the cost of healthcare is shifted on to seniors. in every respect this budget takes from people who are vulnerable and gives to the people in our society the small normal, whonumber who are wealthier than ever in history. >> eliot: it would throw them off. >> and on top of that they want to get rid of the affordable care act. so you're going to create 50 million--50 million additional americans will not have any health coverage at all. >> eliot: quickly because times runs short. you wrote a persuasive blog on salon.com the fanatics taking over the republican party. why is that. the party used to have a grand tradition of creative and interesting thinking. now fanatics run it. how did this happen? >> look, we've seen it happen. it happened not only with the tea partyers, who were very widely and deeply financed by dick army's freedom works, koch brothers and others, but the gradual--the core of the republican party withered away in primary after primary tea parties put up candidates who were even more extreme forcing republicans who
that means the cost of healthcare is shifted on to seniors. in every respect this budget takes from people who are vulnerable and gives to the people in our society the small normal, whonumber who are wealthier than ever in history. >> eliot: it would throw them off. >> and on top of that they want to get rid of the affordable care act. so you're going to create 50 million--50 million additional americans will not have any health coverage at all. >> eliot: quickly because...
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law to the supreme court. >> that have states have been reluctant how to comply with the healthcare law. 17 flatly rejected the idea of a state run exchange. >> it is a federal law. so we will let the federal government do their thing. do what they'll do in oklahoma. >> it's not politics. it's the and the question of state control over an issue that is important to citizens of the states. >> given a skeptical opinion poll, the governors have little indication to say no. >> it's not political for a lot of governors to say you know what? this is an untested program. it's legitimate option for me to let the government run it. >> some say in the chaos of writing or pass obamacare they did not provide money for washington to implement exchanges itself or give out federal taxpayer subsidies in them. >> if the state doesn't have a state exchange and they have a exchange there may not be subsidy. >> if they run exchanges in lot of states they will need a new appropriation. it will need money. that will come from the house of representatives and they will meet resistance there. >> one govern
law to the supreme court. >> that have states have been reluctant how to comply with the healthcare law. 17 flatly rejected the idea of a state run exchange. >> it is a federal law. so we will let the federal government do their thing. do what they'll do in oklahoma. >> it's not politics. it's the and the question of state control over an issue that is important to citizens of the states. >> given a skeptical opinion poll, the governors have little indication to say no....
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start to like healthcare reform. some provisions are fairly popular for sure. but, in general, the needle has not moved for the public's approval of the healthcare reform law at all. it's never gotten above 50%. why do you think that is? >> healthcare is contentious for a lot of reasons. first of all it's economics. many people, even if they have healthcare they are so in trouble financially because their insurance doesn't cover everything. people are afraid. they are scared. you have so many people are losing everything they have ever worked for because they have an illness in the family. others who are healthy feel why should i pay for people who are ill? but the fact of the matter is in a nation, you know we have a common cause here of healthcare for everyone. now, i didn't want the healthcare bill at first because it was only reform. >> laura: you want it even more left wing. you wanted the universal deal. >> everyone would have been covered and it would have been cheaper, laura. it would have cost a lot less tha
start to like healthcare reform. some provisions are fairly popular for sure. but, in general, the needle has not moved for the public's approval of the healthcare reform law at all. it's never gotten above 50%. why do you think that is? >> healthcare is contentious for a lot of reasons. first of all it's economics. many people, even if they have healthcare they are so in trouble financially because their insurance doesn't cover everything. people are afraid. they are scared. you have so...
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i have to ask, didn't healthcare pass on reconciliation by 51 votes? >> healthcare got 60 votes. >> i thought it was a -- when it came back it went on reconciliations by 51. >> not until after it passed by 60 votes. >> on the changes it passed by 51. anyway, it's a technical point. what you're saying is that you think there has to be reforms. >> correct. >> quickly, then one last question for you senator. >> okay. >> number one, we're going to solve this, there's -- we will get the fiscal reform done this year. i think the president -- i think we're going solve this. the two parties will solve this. i predict we'll have a meeting of republicans and democrats together. charles schumer is constructive on this issue. we're going to sit down together soon in the senate chamber and resolve this in a way democrats are not breaking the rules and we do it the way the senate as functioned and i think we're going to start the next year with a different spirit within congress. >> let me ask you, senator corker, we're overtime. one last question that may test that
i have to ask, didn't healthcare pass on reconciliation by 51 votes? >> healthcare got 60 votes. >> i thought it was a -- when it came back it went on reconciliations by 51. >> not until after it passed by 60 votes. >> on the changes it passed by 51. anyway, it's a technical point. what you're saying is that you think there has to be reforms. >> correct. >> quickly, then one last question for you senator. >> okay. >> number one, we're going to...
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the healthcare decision is going to come on thursday. you sit on the california exchange which is the same thing that other states have set up in the wake of the healthcare reform to be able to enable people to purchase. what will happen if the mandate or other pieces of are struck down? >> the key issue is the individual mandate. >> that's what we think if the court strikes anything down if that goes, the underpinning of the entire economics of the healthcare reform so individual states like california will actually have to pass statutes on a state level that require the individual mandate or else the health exchanges may not work arch there is a partnership with the federal government on providing affordable insurance for this. >> i don't think the court will strike down all aspects. just the individual mandate, itself. so if the tax credits say in place, then all is well. the medicaid expansions are being funded by the federal government. we don't think that's going to be in jeopardy with the federal court. if the federal government i
the healthcare decision is going to come on thursday. you sit on the california exchange which is the same thing that other states have set up in the wake of the healthcare reform to be able to enable people to purchase. what will happen if the mandate or other pieces of are struck down? >> the key issue is the individual mandate. >> that's what we think if the court strikes anything down if that goes, the underpinning of the entire economics of the healthcare reform so individual...
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. >> when mitt romney and bain closed the plant i lost my healthcare. my family lost their healthcare. a short time after that my wife became ill. i don't know how long she was sick. i think she didn't say anything because she knew we couldn't afford the insurance. one day she became ill. i took her up to the jackson county hospital, and admitted her for pneumonia. that's when they found the cancer. by then it was stage iv. she passed away in 22 days. >> cenk: now wait a minute, is that fair? every time you close a plant or someone loses a job is the person who made that decision responsible for the healthcare of all those people going forward? well, jayar is going to come out and say yeah, that's absolutely fair. that's a tough tough ad. here is another problem with it. that plant closed in 2001. unfortunately mrs. soptic passed away in 2006. hard to connect those two events. we'll talk about that in a little bit. here is another question. are the republicans fair? are we surprised by this because we're so used to the republicans being so fundamentally
. >> when mitt romney and bain closed the plant i lost my healthcare. my family lost their healthcare. a short time after that my wife became ill. i don't know how long she was sick. i think she didn't say anything because she knew we couldn't afford the insurance. one day she became ill. i took her up to the jackson county hospital, and admitted her for pneumonia. that's when they found the cancer. by then it was stage iv. she passed away in 22 days. >> cenk: now wait a minute, is...
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here again to talk about the politics behind this healthcare decision is our panel, tricia rose phil bronstein, thomas moyer. this was such a fascinating story this week, but what i really wanted was to be able to see it all. you can read the transcript and hear bits and pieces of it but i wanted to get the full flavor it would be. >> the worst thing that ever happened to congress was high-definition tv. >> oh, please. >> the supreme court justices as far as i know they do not get facelifts or air transplants -- >> oh, stop. >> what about transparent government at the end of the day? >> how about audio? >> audio you can imagine -- it is quite of quaint to see the drawings -- >> it is one thing to release -- i like the idea of releasing the video later. >> yeah. >> i think it would be nice to have for historical documentation. but i think we have enough visual obsessive narrative story-telling culture, which is nervy of me to say that while we're sitting there, but there should be some private space for reflection. >> i also think it's such an amazing moment -- >> yeah. >> -- especial
here again to talk about the politics behind this healthcare decision is our panel, tricia rose phil bronstein, thomas moyer. this was such a fascinating story this week, but what i really wanted was to be able to see it all. you can read the transcript and hear bits and pieces of it but i wanted to get the full flavor it would be. >> the worst thing that ever happened to congress was high-definition tv. >> oh, please. >> the supreme court justices as far as i know they do not...
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they think that the government should decide what counts as healthcare and what should be covered by insurance and if, you know, their silly little moral kwames ge qualms get in , that is too bad. >> talk about the debate among catholics. notre dame, father jenkins invited president obama to speak in 2009 despite the support for abortion rights and praised his willingness to engage. >> that is as the journal editorial put out that is in the citation on his honorary degree laided for are his willingness to ensure gage and encouragement for people to bring their faith in the public square. if you read father jenkins statement, it as tough decision from where he is. he is now suing the commencent speaker for saying he is not willing to engage. >> and that is eck policit expe suit. >> if they had the traditional exemption they could have had a big step for the mandates without any real institutional objectives to it. and they got greedy. at tabor they were slammed 9-0. it as case. they argued a position so radical there is no ministerial exceptions. >> col len, what is the political fall
they think that the government should decide what counts as healthcare and what should be covered by insurance and if, you know, their silly little moral kwames ge qualms get in , that is too bad. >> talk about the debate among catholics. notre dame, father jenkins invited president obama to speak in 2009 despite the support for abortion rights and praised his willingness to engage. >> that is as the journal editorial put out that is in the citation on his honorary degree laided for...
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ask your healthcare provider about alcohol use, operating machinery, or driving. other possible side effects include injection site reactions. tell your healthcare provider about all medicines you take and all of your medical conditions. get medical help right away if you experience serious allergic reactions, such as body rash, trouble with breathing, fast heartbeat, or sweating. with flexpen®... say good night to vial and syringe. ask your doctor about levemir® flexpen. covered by 90% of insurance plans, including medicare. find your co-pay at myflexpen.com. >>> we have news tonight on a story we brought you months ago about the federal judge who e-mailed a racist yoke about the president and his mother from his office chambers. richard seabol, the chief federal judge in montana admitted that he e-mailed a joke saying that the president's mother's dog had sex and now he's finally stepping down from his role as chief judge in march of next year but he's not leaving the bench entirely. he keeps his salary, he keeps his staff, and he can still rule on a reduesed
ask your healthcare provider about alcohol use, operating machinery, or driving. other possible side effects include injection site reactions. tell your healthcare provider about all medicines you take and all of your medical conditions. get medical help right away if you experience serious allergic reactions, such as body rash, trouble with breathing, fast heartbeat, or sweating. with flexpen®... say good night to vial and syringe. ask your doctor about levemir® flexpen. covered by 90% of...
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the republicans like said yesterday only issue, let them come up with an answer to the healthcare reform, which they can't do. if they strike down the mandate there are 2.3 million kids getting their parent's health insurance because of the bill. $2 million seniors get relief on the prescription drugs. there are a number of business tax credits that you know how you say the good stuff is in the front end? >> dana: yeah. >> bob: it's true. it was the good stuff. including the precysting condition. you have million of people with that that will be taken away. the insurance companies guarantee, guaranteed a profit every year by the insurance. state insurance agencies. and commissions. they give them a profit. >> dana: the number one google search of the week was obamacare, we can now call obamacare because president obama blessed the nickname. what do you think people were looking for? >> eric: the supreme court? >> dana: no, when they searching for, what are they hoping -- >> i guess they want to know what is going to happen, where the supreme court is falling. there was an interesting dis
the republicans like said yesterday only issue, let them come up with an answer to the healthcare reform, which they can't do. if they strike down the mandate there are 2.3 million kids getting their parent's health insurance because of the bill. $2 million seniors get relief on the prescription drugs. there are a number of business tax credits that you know how you say the good stuff is in the front end? >> dana: yeah. >> bob: it's true. it was the good stuff. including the...
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raise hell but if you if every other civilized country in the world if you don't like the way your healthcare system is run you can you can call your member of congress or parliament and raise hell with them or vote the bums out we should have a say and healthier tom the american people spoke very clearly they don't want socialized medicine we don't want to be canada we don't want to be the u.k. why does everyone in the world want to come to our medical facilities why do they all want to go to the may actually gel i mean there's there's airplanes when we look we have a brand a major they haven't your health care is in business in the united states right now if people go into going to southeast asia for for for cosmetic surgery going to mexico for dental care and going to. been any case deal we're at. time thank you neal as great thanks tom i'm sorry is a great discussion thank you good talk in the privatization is marked by a shift of power and control from government to corporations corporations also have a great deal of influence and control over the lobbying industry here in washington d.c
raise hell but if you if every other civilized country in the world if you don't like the way your healthcare system is run you can you can call your member of congress or parliament and raise hell with them or vote the bums out we should have a say and healthier tom the american people spoke very clearly they don't want socialized medicine we don't want to be canada we don't want to be the u.k. why does everyone in the world want to come to our medical facilities why do they all want to go to...
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instead, they would rather make the calculation that it's better to focus on healthcare and these other issues and let guns go by the way side. >> eliot: john, it does seem to me that the expiration of the assault weapons ban, it was a step in the right direction. it was important. letting it lapse not having the fort attitude to stand up and said here is something that is working. we're not just talking about expansion but continuation of the assault weapons ban. is there any possibility now give how proximity this tragedy is to the national convention, to the november election, that some how the debate will come back to an assault weapons ban and it will come up in the platform of one of the major problems? >> maybe the democrats will find their backbone and bring up the assault weapon ban and the ban on high capacity magazines that are used in every mass shootings. the republicans won't. romney went to the convention and said there is not a need for one more national law. what he's saying is there isn't a need for a background check for all gun sales. there isn't a need for assault w
instead, they would rather make the calculation that it's better to focus on healthcare and these other issues and let guns go by the way side. >> eliot: john, it does seem to me that the expiration of the assault weapons ban, it was a step in the right direction. it was important. letting it lapse not having the fort attitude to stand up and said here is something that is working. we're not just talking about expansion but continuation of the assault weapons ban. is there any possibility...
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for example, their healthcare. you know, a major difference in this campaign is that governor romney feels comfortable having politicians in washington decide the healthcare choices that women are making. i think that's a mistake. in my healthcare bill, i said insurance companies need to provide contraceptive coverage to everybody who's insured, because this is not just a health issue, it's an economic issue for women. it makes a difference. this is money out of that family's pocket. governor romney not only opposed it, he suggested that in fact employers should be able to make the decision as to whether or not or not a woman gets contraception through her insurance coverage. that's not the kind of advocacy that women need. when governor romney says that we should eliminate funding for planned parenthood, there are millions of women all across the country who rely on planned parenthood for not just contraceptive case, they rely on it for mammograms, for cervical cancer screenings. that's a pocketbook issue for wome
for example, their healthcare. you know, a major difference in this campaign is that governor romney feels comfortable having politicians in washington decide the healthcare choices that women are making. i think that's a mistake. in my healthcare bill, i said insurance companies need to provide contraceptive coverage to everybody who's insured, because this is not just a health issue, it's an economic issue for women. it makes a difference. this is money out of that family's pocket. governor...
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you said that is not a tax. >> every single american has the right to affordable acceptable healthcare and it should never be purchased with tax increases on middle class families. >> sean: joining me with reaction is former alaska governor and fox news contributor sarah palin. governor, welcome back. >> thank you so much, sean. >> sean: i watchd that ad and there are 7 specific taxes on the middle class. 7. as we look at this bill. over 75% of the mandate goes to the middle class that the president said he would not tax. how big is this? >> a huge issue. there are more than 21 separate taxes within obama care and as you point out president obama had promised americans through abc news which i'm going to call out because abc news has a chance for redemption here. they were used as tool by president obama in september of '09 when they let him get away with saying this was and the tax and now the supreme court is saying this was a tax and obama praises the supreme court decision and still wants to say it is not really a tax. anyway, there are 21 different taxes within obama care. this is
you said that is not a tax. >> every single american has the right to affordable acceptable healthcare and it should never be purchased with tax increases on middle class families. >> sean: joining me with reaction is former alaska governor and fox news contributor sarah palin. governor, welcome back. >> thank you so much, sean. >> sean: i watchd that ad and there are 7 specific taxes on the middle class. 7. as we look at this bill. over 75% of the mandate goes to the...
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romney's approach is the wrong approach on taxes on deficit on wall street reform, on medicare and healthcare. >> eliot: on "good morning america," comedian jon stewart said he tried the same strategy in an upcoming debate with bile o'reilly. >> strategy that obama took, it is the rope-a-dope but instead of letting your opponent punch himself out you just get beat up. >> eliot: ouch. piling insult on top of self-inflicted injury, john sununu told msnbc's andrea mitchell -- >> what people saw last night i think, was a president that revealed his incompetence, how lazy and detached he is. >> did you really mean to call barack obama the president of the united states lazy? >> he didn't want to prepare for this debate. he's lazy and disengaged. >> eliot: wow. asked if sununu's comments had overtones, it seems that way. obama's senior adviser david axelrod thinks romney's say what works strategy will ultimately work against him. >> eliot: which had better mean the next debate unless the president wants to see this slip away from him. joining me now rolling stone national affairs correspondent tim
romney's approach is the wrong approach on taxes on deficit on wall street reform, on medicare and healthcare. >> eliot: on "good morning america," comedian jon stewart said he tried the same strategy in an upcoming debate with bile o'reilly. >> strategy that obama took, it is the rope-a-dope but instead of letting your opponent punch himself out you just get beat up. >> eliot: ouch. piling insult on top of self-inflicted injury, john sununu told msnbc's andrea...
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it's not were president obama healthcare policy but a 1996 law. he wouldn't be changing a damn thing. in fact, if you're a person with a pre-existing condition and there are a ton of us, let me show you the numbers behind that. we've got 52 million americans with pre-existing conditions. we have 82 million with insurance. but if you get fired or you want to become an entrepreneur, and you don't go to another major company, then you might not be covered for pre-existing conditions any more. this is what the healthcare program was going to cover, and romney is going to yank that away. if you're part of the 25 million uninsured, good luck to you buddy, romney does not cover that at all. he says pre-existing condition as if he's on your side. but it masks and a deep, underlying lie. he's not going to do angle of the things that president obama's healthcare reform would do in regards to pre-existing condition. he'll continue with an old law that is already in place. that's what i'm talking about. the rest of the media takes it at face value but we know
it's not were president obama healthcare policy but a 1996 law. he wouldn't be changing a damn thing. in fact, if you're a person with a pre-existing condition and there are a ton of us, let me show you the numbers behind that. we've got 52 million americans with pre-existing conditions. we have 82 million with insurance. but if you get fired or you want to become an entrepreneur, and you don't go to another major company, then you might not be covered for pre-existing conditions any more. this...
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healthcare. >> the $700 billion bailout was $15 trillion. is our deficit. what are you talking about. >> let's talk about the facts here. remember the joke that the shovel ready prohe grams weren't quite shovel ready yet? >> those are the facts. >> construction firms have cut construction jobs by 28,000. his jobs plan, the stimulus plan that cost $787 billion that is now $831 billion. has not increased jobs. >> angela, why won't you talk about this $15 trillion bailout? why won't you deal with those facts? those are the facts. >> i'm dealing with the facts that people have lost jobs. >> sean: we have to run. i want to remind you starting in july. >> americans want solutions. >> sean: i got to break. >> defy and deflect will not help us. >> this is not deflection. tell the truth. >> are you calling me a fibber? i'm telling the truth. >> i just want you to stick to the facts. >> and will rise again. >> i'm grabbing you. $15 trillion. >> sean: when we come back. thank you both. our great, great, great american panel straight ahead. [hip-hop music] ♪ - ♪ wh
healthcare. >> the $700 billion bailout was $15 trillion. is our deficit. what are you talking about. >> let's talk about the facts here. remember the joke that the shovel ready prohe grams weren't quite shovel ready yet? >> those are the facts. >> construction firms have cut construction jobs by 28,000. his jobs plan, the stimulus plan that cost $787 billion that is now $831 billion. has not increased jobs. >> angela, why won't you talk about this $15 trillion...
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watch this. >> right. >> back in 2009 the president adamantly denyd that healthcare reform was going be a tax on the american people. does he now agree that this legislation and this law you is a tax? >> whether you call it a mandate or a tax, what it is is a penalty on the very few americans who can afford healthcare, don't pay for it, end up in the emergency rooms, getting free care and then we all pay for it in the form of a -- >> what you call it is important in an election year and coming out of a recession if it is called a tax it is going to hurt. >> i would suggest that you direct that question to governor romney who is the chief proponent of this very policy when was governor of massachusetts. >> sean: a tough question but one that needs to be asked. is this deceit or is this a lie? is this a purposeful lie? >> it is a lie and it was a purposeful lie back in september of '09 when president obama got in george stephanopoulos' face and tried to school him and tell george as a filter for the american public to be receiving information tried to tell george you are spinning this
watch this. >> right. >> back in 2009 the president adamantly denyd that healthcare reform was going be a tax on the american people. does he now agree that this legislation and this law you is a tax? >> whether you call it a mandate or a tax, what it is is a penalty on the very few americans who can afford healthcare, don't pay for it, end up in the emergency rooms, getting free care and then we all pay for it in the form of a -- >> what you call it is important in an...
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to pay for government-run healthcare, you'll pay higher taxes and more for your medicine. and their plan includes a trillion dollars in higher taxes. even on the middle class. mitt romney and common sense conservatives will cut taxes on the middle class. and they'll close loopholes for millionaires. obama and his liberal allies? we'tan't afford four more years. [ romney] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> one surprise tonight. while everyone expected to hear about the percentage that's been making waves the past few weeks, mitt romney's controversial 47% comments, con speck wasly absent tonight. that doesn't mean the percentage didn't get its due, because it's become this year's hot political pep of choice and abc's david wright is doing the math. >> reporter: in this year of rotten economic news, unemployment at 8%, economic growth, less than 2%, deficit up 54% in four years, 60% say we're on the wrong track. the challenger ought to have a pretty good argument. >> middle income americans have been buried. they're just being crushed. >> reporter: but this year
to pay for government-run healthcare, you'll pay higher taxes and more for your medicine. and their plan includes a trillion dollars in higher taxes. even on the middle class. mitt romney and common sense conservatives will cut taxes on the middle class. and they'll close loopholes for millionaires. obama and his liberal allies? we'tan't afford four more years. [ romney] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> one surprise tonight. while everyone expected to hear about the...
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wildly debunked claim that president obama is cutting $716 billion from medicare in order to pay for his healthcare bill. that attack apparently has not swayed the public. recent polling in the three big swing states, florida, ohio, and wisconsin, shows the people trust the president on medicare by an 8-to-20 point margin. the overall head to head match up tracks medicare results as the president continues to hold a slight lead in all three states. but mr. romney continues to look for a message that will stick. he has apparently found one and it involves no message at all. in an interview with "time" magazine mr. romney was asked to flesh out simple assertions he had been making for months that by closing tax loopholes he could lower tax rates for everybody. he was asked to specify which loopholes he would close. his response was as usual candid descriptive and saying, i quote i know our democratic friends would love to have me specify one or two so they could amass to fight that effort. he refused to answer the question, keeping his plan as vague as it's ever been. but the time reporter was able t
wildly debunked claim that president obama is cutting $716 billion from medicare in order to pay for his healthcare bill. that attack apparently has not swayed the public. recent polling in the three big swing states, florida, ohio, and wisconsin, shows the people trust the president on medicare by an 8-to-20 point margin. the overall head to head match up tracks medicare results as the president continues to hold a slight lead in all three states. but mr. romney continues to look for a message...
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two, the union workers you say, retirees took a hit on healthcare. current people on the floor took a cut in their pay and cut in their healthcare. the idea they got it something off of this is silly. dana is right, they worked hard on this and they will be back to work. if it was up to you, they wouldn't be working at all. >> eric: the uaw was handed $4.5 billion worth of g.m. stock for nothing. for this big outlay that you are claiming. first, can i ask you this? what is so earth friendly about using electricia electrico charge a car? half comes from coal anyway. >> bob: we're years away from a battery to work and make it run. all of these thanks take a while. right now it takes coal burning in the air to get the batteries to be charged, right? you can almosting that is a coal car. that's one of the arguments against it. i agree with it. all the things take time. there will come a day in the not too distant future every car is powered partially by electricity. >> greg: i have a solution to make volt a success. if you buy a volt, $48,000, you get a
two, the union workers you say, retirees took a hit on healthcare. current people on the floor took a cut in their pay and cut in their healthcare. the idea they got it something off of this is silly. dana is right, they worked hard on this and they will be back to work. if it was up to you, they wouldn't be working at all. >> eric: the uaw was handed $4.5 billion worth of g.m. stock for nothing. for this big outlay that you are claiming. first, can i ask you this? what is so earth...
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we now know the supreme court ruling did not put out the healthcare fire. it seemed to have ignited an election inferno. house republicans are setting a date for repeal vote and we talked to kevin mccarthy. >> i imagine you are not happy with the supreme court decision saying that the national healthcare? >> i'm disappointed. when you think about the argument the government can tell me things i have to do and if i don't want to do it i have to pay a tax. it's crazy. i was surprised. i didn't think this was the decision that would come from having listening and beginning to read part of it. president said it wasn't a tax i guess the supreme court thin
we now know the supreme court ruling did not put out the healthcare fire. it seemed to have ignited an election inferno. house republicans are setting a date for repeal vote and we talked to kevin mccarthy. >> i imagine you are not happy with the supreme court decision saying that the national healthcare? >> i'm disappointed. when you think about the argument the government can tell me things i have to do and if i don't want to do it i have to pay a tax. it's crazy. i was surprised....
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a guy walks into our bar full of people paying more for healthcare, paying more for gas, paying more for everything and this guy would say, well, we're better off than what we would have been. well you know we'd do? we'd throw him out. now the guy walked into our bar full of folks who couldn't tell, couldn't tell you the last time they got a raise or their house was above water. and the guy said well we tried our economic plan and it worked. you know what we'd do. we'd throw him out. now let's say a guy walked into our bar and before he could say anything he overheard a regular telling his story. tissues outurns out this guy ral business, got involved in it while he was in school. then out of no where his business partner died. they had just one customer. so he went through sleepless nights and close calls and he made it thank god, paid their dues proud of what they managed to do. a guy walks in the bar heard that story and says well, if you got a business, you didn't build that. well you know what we'd do with him don't you? we'd throw him out. by the way, that small business guy is
a guy walks into our bar full of people paying more for healthcare, paying more for gas, paying more for everything and this guy would say, well, we're better off than what we would have been. well you know we'd do? we'd throw him out. now the guy walked into our bar full of folks who couldn't tell, couldn't tell you the last time they got a raise or their house was above water. and the guy said well we tried our economic plan and it worked. you know what we'd do. we'd throw him out. now let's...
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ca holdings, a tenet healthcare, community health, all up sharply against the market trend, obviously. qualcomm down during the day. after the market cosed it beat earnings tarets and reported an 18 percent growth and earnings delivering an upbeat outlook. the stock up sharply in after-hours trading. money that came out of stocks falling into treasurys, and yields moving lower. the government to in your yield now at 163%. crude oil prices tumbling on fears of a weak economy, large inventory, crude oil, a stronger dollar that was boosted by a flight from european currencies to this country. crude oil down more than $4, under $85 per barrel. we should point out, today's stock sell-off to my as impressive as it is, does not compare with the sell-off when president obama was first elected back in 2008, and the day after election day than stocks plunged 5% after he was elected, and fell another 12 percent two weeks after the election, and by the end of 2008, the dow had sunk nearly 9%. well, joining us now to assess whether that is the likely path for the markets to follow, charles schwab
ca holdings, a tenet healthcare, community health, all up sharply against the market trend, obviously. qualcomm down during the day. after the market cosed it beat earnings tarets and reported an 18 percent growth and earnings delivering an upbeat outlook. the stock up sharply in after-hours trading. money that came out of stocks falling into treasurys, and yields moving lower. the government to in your yield now at 163%. crude oil prices tumbling on fears of a weak economy, large inventory,...
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for example, this month we're going to have the healthcare division by the supreme court. the president has an opportunity there to frame that as an economic issue. so you take advantage of those moments, and you do enough messaging to feed the beast, the media. that's the general approach. joining me now to talk more specifics is karl frisch. he was head of communication for the dean campaign among others. karl, thank you for joining me in our war room. >> it's good to hear from you from the ocean state tonight. >> jennifer: i know, you're in rhode island. >> i am. i'm here for the net roots nation conference. the largest progressive gathering in the country outside of maybe a democratic convention. >> jennifer: that's very exciting, and hopefully we'll get a chance to talk about that in a little bit. let me go back to the subject of what the obama campaign has to do this summer from a war room perspective. i'm going to outline a few summer strategies that the obama team will likely consider. karl, i want you to respond. first, let me start with that. the campaign has got
for example, this month we're going to have the healthcare division by the supreme court. the president has an opportunity there to frame that as an economic issue. so you take advantage of those moments, and you do enough messaging to feed the beast, the media. that's the general approach. joining me now to talk more specifics is karl frisch. he was head of communication for the dean campaign among others. karl, thank you for joining me in our war room. >> it's good to hear from you from...
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a guy walks into our bar full of people paying more for healthcare, paying more for gas, paying more for everything and this guy would say, well, we're better off than what we would have been. well you know we'd do? we'd throw him out. now the guy walked into our bar full of folks who couldn't tell, couldn't tell you the last time they got a raise or their house was above water. and the guy said well we tried our economic plan and it worked. you know what we'd do. we'd throw him out. now let's say a guy walked into our bar and before he could say anything he overheard a regular telling his story. tissues outurns out this guy ral business, got involved in it while he was in school. then out of no where his business partner died. they had just one customer. so he went through sleepless nights and close calls and he made it thank god, paid their dues proud of what they managed to do. a guy walks in the bar heard that story and says well, if you got a business, you didn't build that. well you know what we'd do with him don't you? we'd throw him out. by the way, that small business guy is
a guy walks into our bar full of people paying more for healthcare, paying more for gas, paying more for everything and this guy would say, well, we're better off than what we would have been. well you know we'd do? we'd throw him out. now the guy walked into our bar full of folks who couldn't tell, couldn't tell you the last time they got a raise or their house was above water. and the guy said well we tried our economic plan and it worked. you know what we'd do. we'd throw him out. now let's...